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Limo driver, survivor views differ on fatal fire

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 7th

By MARTHA MENDOZA and GARANCE BURKEAssociated Press REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) - As smoke thickened and a fire grew in the back of a limousine, Nelia Arellano desperately tried to squeeze through a 3 foot by 1 ½-foot partition. Stuck for a moment, Arellano made her way into the front seat. Three of

Obama, SKorea to show united front on NKorea

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 7th

By MATTHEW PENNINGTONAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama and South Korea's new leader Park Geun-hye hope to present a strong front against North Korea's nuclear threats during their high-profile meeting Tuesday at the White House. But they also want to leave the door

Truck Catches Fire Inside Parking Garage In Downtown Spokane

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 7th

SPOKANE, Wash. - Spokane firefighters responded to a car fire Monday afternoon inside a parking garage in the 1100 block of W. Sprague. When crews arrived they found heavy black smoke pouring from the second story. Firefighters quickly were able to locate the vehicle and extinguish the fire.

Truck Catches Fire Inside Parking Garage In Downtown Spokane

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 7th

GM recalls 38,197 cars for battery control defect

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 6th

DETROIT (AP) - General Motors Co. is recalling 38,197 Chevrolet Malibu Eco, Buick LaCrosse and Buick Regal sedans in the U.S. because a defective battery control module could stall the engine or cause a fire. Vehicles from the 2012 and 2013 model years equipped with GM's eAssist hybrid system

Lessons learned from the banking crisis

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 6th

By Ryan C. Fuhrmann More than five years have now passed since the housing bubble burst in spectacular fashion and fanned the flames of a financial crisis that rivaled only the Great Depression of the 1930s. This latest downturn has since become known as the Great Recession and it is now widely

2 Men Lost On Washington Waters

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 6th

SEATTLE (AP) - Two men apparently drowned in separate accidents Sunday on Washington waters, one in the Stillaguamish River and one in Spanaway Lake. The Snohomish County sheriff's office says a man and his wife were in a raft that overturned on the Stillaguamish River near

2 Small Wildfires Creating Heavy Smoke In W. Wash.

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 6th

MORTON, Wash. (AP) - Officials say a fire that started early Sunday morning in Capitol Forest had grown from 40 to 60 acres later in the day. The state Department of Natural Resources says about 80 people, several engines and one helicopter were fighting the fire eight miles

Brands risk image in varying Bangladesh responses

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 6th

By KAY JOHNSONAssociated Press MUMBAI, India (AP) - Global clothing brands involved in Bangladesh's troubled garment industry responded in starkly different ways to the building collapse that killed more than 600 people. Some quickly acknowledged their links to the tragedy and promised

Bride, 4 others die in limo fire on Calif. bridge

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 6th

By JOHN S. MARSHALLAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - When one of the nine women in his limousine complained about smoke, Orville Brown pulled to the side of a San Francisco Bay bridge to check. As he got out, the back of the vehicle became engulfed in flames. A newlywed bride and eight of her